NAME

dtcreate — The CDE Action and Datatype creation client.

SYNOPSIS

dtcreate [&<filename>]

DESCRIPTION

The CreateAction client is used to create actions and datatypes to integrate an application into the CDE. CreateAction provides the most commonly needed functions including the creation of actions for an application, creation of the associated datatypes for the application's data files, and the ability to specify the Open and Print actions for those datatypes. The output from this tool is a actions and datatypes definition file placed within the users $HOME/.dt/ types directory and an action file that is placed in the users $HOME directory. CreateAction also provides the ability to edit a action and datatypes definition file that was created using this tool.

KEY SUPPORTED TASKS

•: Creating of actions to represent applications, commands, shell scripts, etc.
•: Creating of datatypes to represent an application's data files.
•: Creating of the Open and Print actions for the datatypes.
•: Creating of the actions and datatypes definition file within the user's /HOME/.dt/types directory.
•: Creating the action file within the user's home directory. This file provides the ability for the icon to be visible within the CDE's managers such as the File Manager.
•: Modifying of actions and datatypes definition files that were created using this tool.
•: Rereading of the action and datatype database so that the actions and datatypes are available for immediate use.

OPTIONS

&<filename>: Loads the &<filename> action and datatype definition file into CreateAction for modification.

RETURN

Exit values are:

0: Successful completion.
>0: Error condition occurred.

EXAMPLES

dtcreate MyAction.dt

dtcreate will load the MyAction.dt action and datatype definition file and display using dtcreate's graphic user interface.